The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-22 00:00:00

WAR Docron, wPiat do yen advise P I advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to a' ANN', Covent-garden, hear some c in„ singng, order neot their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that is the b es t advice I can give you. ICINATIAN'S LT, WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebratei Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold In Bottl es, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork branded "Rinahan' s LL Whisky." , NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. THE BONUS YEAR. TH REE-FIFTHS of the Profits of the Company arc periodically distributed as a Bonus to parties inAttring, who ave time from time to time received from the Society sums anion, ting in the aggregate to nearly £ile,ooo. A FURTHER BONUS of £52,027 has now been declared, and will be paid on the renewal of existing insurances at Michaelmas, 1861, and the three following Quarters. EXAMPLES OP PREMIUMS REDUCED BY THIS BONUS. No of Polley.!Sum Insured Annual Premium 1431,4 f 1 450,155 .£ .2,510 184,173 12,( 00 50,1,975 6,800 5,000 £222 4 4 63 0 0 35 14 0 7 10 0 Reduced Pre- I mium for 1861. .eto 19 2 35 0 0 :9 16 8 4 6 4 Tile R &TES of PREMIUM are in no case HIGHER than those charged by he other principal offices giving no Bonus to their Insurers. No charge is made for the Policy or Stamp when the In surance exceeds £lOO, or for Insurances tran -ferred from other Offices. The Business of the Company exceeds Seventy Millions, and, owing. to the liberality with w hi c h it s e n g agemen t s h ave been performed, is rapidly incre a sin g . Th e d u ty p a id to Government for the year 1863 was £84,152 11s. 9d. ; the amount insured on Farming Stock was Z 10,203,271. The Norwich Union Fire Office is the LARGEST OFFICE Making a return to its Insurers. For prospectuses apply to the Society's Offices, 29, Fleet street, E.C. ; and Surrey-street, Norwich. AR M Y CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon, on the 29th of September, from persons who May be to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW, in such quantities as may be required, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from ist November, 1564, to 31st October, 1865: LONDON DISTRICT. FORAGE. 1. IT de Park, Kensington, Regent's Park, and Horse Guards. 2. Hounslow, and Kneller Hall. 3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 5. Brighton. 6. Sandhurst 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. I. Brompton 'Luse, Knightsbridge and 31aVaine Barracks, Hyde Park ; and Kensington. 2. Regent's Park, and St. John's Wood Barracks. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4 . Wellington, and St. George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 5. Hounslow, and Kneller Hall. 7 • Ham iton Court. 8. Windsor. 2. Brighton with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham. io. Guernsey. 11. Je rsey. 12. Alderney. SeParate T must be mae fr Forage Paillasse S traw for eac en h of ders t above-men d tione o d stations and or Barracks as separately grouped and numbered. .crrns of Tender, and Conditions of Contract. may be ob ta,ned on application at this Office, by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. end Tenders on the printed 'forms must be properly filled up signed, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at e un der - mentioned Office, under closed envelope (marked on the outside, "Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), before 11 o'clo c k noon on the 29th September. Deputy Commissary -General's Office. 5, New-street, spring -gardens, London, S.W., sth September, 18e4. V ...._ INTAGE WINE COMPANY, Importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury -street London, Pour Doors South o f New Oxford-street. The Vintage Comida Sherry, Golden The Vintage Xeres Ditto, Pale The Vintage Port, No. 1 2os. ” The Vintage Port, No. 1* 24s. ~ The Vintage Port, No. 5, fine rich old The Vintage Claret .... 13s. ” .... The Vintage Beaujolais, recommended The Vintage Champagne, quarts 15s. .9 pints The Vitilage Rock , sparkling., very choice 36s. 19 The Vintage Burgundy, sparkling superb lOB. U-ne Vintage East India Sherry s4s. ~ The Vintage Amontillado, thechoicest imported 565. ~ Fine old &c.Cognac. Liquors, Spirits, c. TRE VINTAGE ALMANACK, rice and Med ical and clerical testimonials, sent with post free. list See 30) opinions of the press. 14;Bloomibury-street. N. W. HODGES, Secretary. __________ DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA 7 has been, during thirty years, emphatically sanctioned th.e M edical Profession, and universally accepted by the as the Best Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn. Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild and Aperient for delicate constitutions, more especially for Ladies 11 Children. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup forms an agreeable Effervescing Draught, in which its Aperient qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, Mand, above all, in Hot Cli ma t es, th e regular use of this sim ple and e' egant remedy has been found highly beneficial. tanufactured (with the utmost attention to strength and ur,ty) by DINNEFORD and CO., 172, New Bond-street, "doll ; and sold by all r es p ec t a bl e Ch em i s t s th roug h out the IL'mpire. TRETIL—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—Th e pBaell, ex of clusive Grosveno right to thi Grosvenor-square,s Patent was secured to Mr. , t e . B tra Royal Seal (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured at s residence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor laation can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, '° last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without Pain or e x t ract i ons. Th ey su pp or t loose teeth, and protect ten derd Mims ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable and they are vuaranteed for masticati , n and lculatiou. Consultations free. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Ifr. Ilskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so constructing them that they last their andalloose a lifetime. . . . The process has been'patented, promises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August *, 1860, surpf sing novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth Perfecte um by a patented principle, which secures the most aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable aPPeaane,e."—Morning Advertiser, August 9,1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Gro svenor-street, Bond-street. pRIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER do CO., Wax Chandlers, Jzo., eto., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1710.) t tifl e T R be jurors' Report on W ax an d Church Candles, in 1862, es to the ex ce ll ence of t h e qua lit y o f M essrs . T uc k ers ' Mann! acture. ekera diatind Co., r-roish ed Di the gnitar subje y in of a letter addressed to Francis on ct WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, 1,0,11,1..,_have found them fully equal to the recommendation. " . . 11 You. gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the der , for the use of the altar." Frsin.est quality, with tatted y Wicks, patented.. 2s, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality „. „ Is. Od. per lb. VEGE TABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax*: Pest quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Thirde quality ~ • • •• • • .. is. 3d. per lb. d qu ls id per lb. Ca rriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— T 6 Kensington (Established 1730). - •argeet Establishment in England for the Manufacture di Wax Candles for the use of the Altar BED•ROOM CANDLES. "PRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop mase when rried."—Thin, very candles, Hold in box es i s. and 3s. ca each, are recommendel hard as the be st carriers. EXTRA 5.12 CMBER CANDLES," sold in " boxes 2s . each. HARD Thicker c a ndles intended for those Who will not barn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," In Packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use Where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve rnent on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle-ticks to fit thin candles, ls. and 2s. 6d. each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOIL KT SOAPS.' Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter, GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLE "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. cansuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bet " Prices Patent," from 6d. tles, 6d. and is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold , n the state ment that it is "equal to Retail thro an. W holesale by Prioe a Patent ugh Can y dle Grocer Company:(Limited: London. NjICROSCOPE and TELESCOPE combined, just introduced, both of' wonderful power, in Case, 255. 3,15. L.lcErr TELESCOPES, define 5 Miles, 10s. 6d. ; 10 Miles, Ditto. and for Astronomy, 40s. MICROSCOPES in Cabinets, 3 Powers, 10s. 6d., magnifies 15,000 times ; Ditto, t a gniiling 30,000, 25., with Animalcule Cage, Life Box, &c. 8 g e Compound Achromatic Ditto, power 65,000, 84s. at qpßMost powerful Race Glasses, made with sling cases, 1 1 M[ AGIC LAN TERNS and DISSOLVING VIEWS.--Mapic Lanterns and 36 Pictures, 7 s. 6 d. ; 7 ;.;er Si ze , 10s. 6d. 'Di sso l v i n g Apparatus complete, 70s. eseriptive Catalogues for two stamps. Post Orders pay- able Upper Baker -street. B ERNARD DAVIS, 410, EUSTON-ROAD, LONDON. Optician to the Institutions. PECT A CLE S.—Lenses ground on a new principle, requiritw, less than half the usual maenifying' Dower, and with which the smallest print may be read to ex treme old age. (From the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, 1859.) their aid the most defective vision may be improved." Sigel Frames and Pebbles, 10s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. Glasses, ". 6d., 45. M„ 3s. 6d. Country residents suited by stating age. -1-1) OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, wa _, in th e i mme di ate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- Y Terminus, King's-cross. _ripe numerous and urgent appeals of the s i c k p oor f or ad = Man compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the amuent and humane, as the medical officers ar e d a il y o bli ge d litl t reat as out-p a tients many distressing oases which, with ioire adequate fund s , they would gladly admit int o th e war d s. becieriremises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 „1; ainhe Hospital is n o t en d owe d, but is wholly d e p endent on tgtarY contributions and legacies, which are received by 6 Treasurer, Edward as erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also ~),Y Wears. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; He a rries and 1; 0 . ; Ransom and Co. • Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, ,„ a ,,Yne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay 47,;_ec.• ; Denison and Co. ; .W Mims, Deacon, and Co. ; erend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; vasterraan and Co. • I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the 919 Pital, twinlo till 5. WIANFORD S. SKITIL §Viiretary. FAMILY RESIDENCE and LAND.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a comfortable HOUSE in Essex, fourteen miles from town, and two from a station, delightfully situate on high ground, and commanding exten sive views. Contains lofty drawing-room, dining and morn ing rooms, four best and five o her bed rooms, kitchens and cellars, grounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow, together about seven acres, with lod.ze entrance, stabl ng, coach-house, greenhouse, orna mental water, and bridge. Rent, on three years' agreement, £120; fixtures, £5O ; or the lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view may be had at the Auc ticn and Estate Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's, where a photograph of the house may be seen. N' ) . 22,542. MRS. lIOWITT'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE COST OF CAERGWYN. By MArty Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Nov ready, at all the Llbraries, in 3 vols., S 0 N N 1) I It. It i 3 areal satisfaction now-a-days to meet with a novel n which incident is used ara a vehicle of emotion, not as an expedient to conceal or excuse a total absence of character. The author of Son and Heir' may fairly congratulate Iter .elf on having achieved a legitimate success."—Saturday Review. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day is published, and may be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols„ post Bvo., price £1 lls. 6d , LORD OAKBURN'S DAUGHTERS. By the Author of "East Lynne," " Verner's Pride," &c. London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, CHEAP EDITION, price 25., This Day, REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND HIS CURACIES. By the Author of " Bella Donna." John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. Just published, in crown octavo, price 10s. ed., CORNELIUS O'DOWD UPON MEN AND WOMEN, AND OTHER THINGS IN GENERAL. Originally published in "Blackwood's Magazine." "In truth one of the most delightful volumes of personal reminiscence it has ever been our fortune to peruse. " file Globe. " One of the pleasantest cmpanions we know. It would be difficult to fin I his fellow among the writers of the day, for the combination of richness of humour, variety of infor mation, and experience of life."—Reader. "The gossip of a thorough man of the world, who has kept his eyes open through life, and who, to use an expressive vulgarism, has learnt a thing or two." Standard. 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JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Positively for One Month Only. EVERY EVENING at 8. Mdlle. Liebhardt—The Full Choir—Mdlle. Mariot De Beauvoisin -M. Lotto—Full Band of 100 Performers. Conductor, M. JULLIEN. M. JULLIEN begs to announce that he has received the following telegram from Copenhagen :—" The GUARDS' BAND and VOCALISTS left th"s afternoon by the Chanti cleer." Immediately on their arrival they will have the honour of appearing at M. Jullien's Concerts. THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH.- THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock—Eighteenth Appearance f Miss Anderson, the second-Sighted Sybil. Secure your stalls and tickets at Mr Austin's Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly. Open daily from Ten till Five. " THE WORLD OF MAGIC." THE WORLD OF MAGIC.-DAY PERFORMANCE.—The Great Wizard of the North will give his THIRD MATINEE JUVENILE ENTER TAINMENT on SATURDAY MORNING next, and will re peat his Seance Magique E VERY EVENING, in the Great St. James's Ha 1, at eight o'clock The best stalls for these attractive representations may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. MR. GERMAN REED'S New OPERA di CAMERA ENTERTAINMENT.—TO-NIGHT, at Eight o'clock, THE SLEEPING QUEEN, by M. W. Balie, Esq., the libretto by H. Filmic, Esq., and sustained by Miss D'Este Finlayson, Mr. W hiffin, Mr. Wilkinson, and Miss Poole. To be followed by TOO MANY COOKS, adapted from M. Offenbach by Mr. German Reed, the libretto by C. Furtado, Esq., and in which Miss D'Este Finlayson, Mr. Whiffin, and Mr. J. A. Shaw will appear. ROYAL GAL LERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Every evening (except Saturday), at 8. Saturday morning, at 3. Unreserved seats,ls , 25,; stalls, 35.; stall chairs, 55., can now be secured at the Gallery without fee. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road, London. GRAND OPTICAL iLLITSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS ! Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or, a NIGHT WITH SHARSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees, &0., by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. W. Randall ; Mrs. W. Randall; and those marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. TALLIOTT and BURNELLI (from the Principal Cirque, Madrid). " TIIE ANTIIROPOPIIAGINIAIT !" "Go, knock, and call ; he'll speak like an Anthropopha ginian unto thee: knock, I say."—Shakspere. Merry Wives of Windsor, 4 act, sc. 5. THE WONDER OF THE DAY Will be Illustrated by Mr. W. Hilton. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, 18. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full lenth portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAI', the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, 3s. ; Napoleon Rooms and ghamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, R. R. BIGNELL. During the week, and till further notice, in addition to the Dance Music, Selections from Verdi's popular Operas, II Trovatorc, Traviata, Rigoletto, &c. ; Meyerbeer's Etoile du Nord, Huguenoti, &c. ; Melodies of the Forest, Valse, Guy Manner' g, Polka, &c. Conductor—L. CURTI. Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. SA U C E.—LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTER SAUCE. This deliciou% condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs ~ T HE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. 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CiESIIIRE, owl 40 Canzonettc. 40 Giant. 40 Balornock. 40 Columbia. 40 Baldwin. 1 other. ...?i ,A:), _ _ _ _ _ :w SPAPER //g G % - - N - -- 7.-..: ----:- , • - , 6 _o 5t,;...-p-- 4 , ..- -,,,,, I 4:' , • ,-, 47. 0 .)- 41 ,0. ,‘3 -,_ t4' l ...:.-t r ?.. , • .. , ----. r The Treaty between P :' ' O -• '' _.• - ---\--Zt --- _,f_f .. ...•‘ .. •, .. ( - ~. , . ' ......... , Sin • , •, y I ' , • ...,, Nw 1 = ' - t..-8 ° ,), Alt The French andlltalian papers - v• 4, -..-- '!".741" , , , sc-- -- ;4l.. ffr "‘,‘ ; Il k " .7 , ....., . - 'l.li 'Eike' f. , „,..., i 1 0.•„ i • 11 ,. . ‘ ___ _. - _., / ,...... ii 2--.: . ~ ....,:..,,,,. ,; _.. discuss with increased confidence avr4Nl w lamp `.: ''...1.: 4 , ,,. .... ''''' Pt ' • ''''''' . ,A" ~.... _.,,40- -- 17,4 6 — c- -- 7 . -. 1 -- - . 1 - , -- I.k.t 4-01 6 ).,..v - _, ...... ~,...,... ...-_, .. . tv,,.., .-t i . - 4 1 ,74 1 rW,. ~. .i . iiP ••,,,, ~. _ ~.. . .w. 1.70.. r.,.? -... detail the alleged treaty between Franca and Italy ~,:.., .. 4 , ^ % ..1 fr y' i • dli- ‘, :it ..: : E - , 4 3 ,- . 1 ,1 -.1 ... , 'alai. ~. - ' + regarding the evacuation of Rome by the French -.,', ..J_'` , , D I -- 4.11 1 %-1 - A - ,ty ~, le 0 , 4, - .1,,!4' 4 .• z, . .# ' . I,4• N k . , -., ... , s ..1,...1 ,71 ,.........,- . , 4 4, 6, ....,.troops. The statement which is at the same time .. .. it G ~~~(ti' i ~~LC the most explicit and apparently poasesses mos, authority is the following, which is communicated by the Turin correspondent of the lndependanc,; PRICE STAMPED ....sd. no man can be too well house,!. A perfect sanitary con dition as regards habitations is one which, while it pre serves and defends the inhabitants from the inclemency of the seasons, allows him to breathe and enjoy pure and unvi- Beige, under date the 17th inst. The following► are the principal features of tte convention : —" France will intimate to the Pope ,hat within two years' time at most the Ffenctr tiated air. For these reasons it is the truest source of health and wealth. It is thcrelmo a matter of great import anco to the farmers that the agricultural labourers should be well housed. There are great difficulties in the way, and the first difficulty is that it is an investment of capital which does not bring in directly an adequate return ? This is an objection which I consider fallacious. The point is, what do you con sider an adequate return ? Ash the farmer whether he would like to have on his farm his labourers in healthy habita army will entirely abandon the Pontifical States, if the Government of the Pope will be abe to take steps for the formation of an army. Just as the organisation of the pontifical army will proceed an equivalent number of French soldiers will leave the territories of the Holy Father. In order to nff,ul facilities to the Papal Government for the establish• ment of this force, France will allow it to enlist tions or living two or three miles from the acres which they cultivate, in miserable hovels which engender sickness and weaken their energy and strength, The farmer will say directly—" Give my labourers who reside cn my acres and reside in houses which allow them to come to their labour full of energy and vigour, energy and vigour given by sound sleep and pure air. The farm will then be more valu able to the tenant, and if so, it must be more valuable to the proprietor, and it does tell upon the rent. In this way the latter will find an adequate return for his investment, I do not say this is an easy difficulty to combat. It is a great one, but it must be met. The question, however, is usually argued as if the proprietor was called upon suddenly to sweep away all the miserable tenements he has inherited, and to cover his estate with model cottages. That is im possible, for you cannot in an instant effect this great change. You cannot unhouse the whole peasantry from an estate at once. It can only be done gradually. Take a model estate of 2,000 acres. On that estate you require a minimum of 60 cottages. The expenditure for creating 63 cottages would probably be £6,000 or £7,000. I have seen the estimate of such an expenditure. Well, how is a man to expend £6,000 or £7,000, which is perhaps three times his rental, unless he has that which we have no right to sup pose—other sources of capital P No one expects anything of the kind. No one expects , that because you have dis covered a want in your social system and a duty to perform that it is to be done in a manner injurious to yourselves. You cannot expect every landed proprietor to be a Duke of Northumberland—a man whose hand is as extensive as his fortune, and who built cottages on 200,000 acres at an ex pense of some £50,000. Her Majesty conferred a riband on the Duke of Northumberland because he created a Channel fleet at the moment we had none; but the man who lays out £500,000 in building cottages on his estate as much de serves a blue riband as the man who creates a Channel fleet, or even at the head of a Channel fleet leeds us on to victory. (Cheers.) Every man cannot do what the Duke of North umberland has done, but every man can do something. He may build a few cottages, or repair others. You ought to keep before your eyes, clearly and closely, the object you have to attain, and avail yourselves of every opportunity of accomplishing the result. (Hear,) The other day I saw some inferior tenements built by persons who speculate in building cottages. These inferior tenements were purchased and con verted into excellent cottages—not exactly model cottages, but cottages in which a man may live iu health and in some degree of comfort and happiness. These are opportunitieit of which every man may avail himself. This is a duty which must be performed. (Hear.) The question is becoming both n town and country one of paramount interest. The great ness of the country depends on the race that fills it, and, whatever our ancestors may have done to make the country great or famous, whatever liberty they may have acquired, whatever wealth they may have accumulated, if the race becomes inferior, you lose all these results and all these blessings. It is a question to which we must give our minds. I do not touch on the scenes of life in our great cities. They are familiar to all. They prove that wretchedness and crime are co-ordinate ; but, while we deplore the condition of our working classes in our gt eat cities, it is impossible any longer to shut our eyes to the condition of our agricultural labourers, and it is our duty to set an example on this sub ject. I was reading lately in an old book written more than 200 years ago, and I was surprised to find that this question, which is supposed to be one of modern origin dis covered by the philosophers of the 19th century, had at. trated the attention of society nearly 300 years ago. Nearly 300 years ago, to the honour and glory of the Church, in tramural sepulture was forbidden. I may then say that there is nothing new under the sun, and what we look upon as the result of enlightenment and progress was practically considered a considerable time ago. A very great scholar observed that in his opinion the declaration of the wisest of mankind, "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity," was not a misprint, but a mistake of the copyist, and that he believed the words really were not " Vanitas vanitatum, oninia vanitas," but " Sanitas sanitatum, omnia sanitas." Now, I quite agree that it must have been a misquotation of the words of the wise King of Israel, and, if so, that this would have constituted one of his best claims to be consi- French volunteers, and of course Catholic nations will bo anxious to follow the example of France. The King of Italy, on his part, er gages not to attack the Papal States, and to prevent any armed bands from entering the Pontifical territory; but there is no new proposition of any reconciliation with tho Pope. The King would not expose himself to a refusal that is foreseen after so many solemn and repeated declarations. The King has, moreover, determined on adopting a measure which may be regarded as a great concession to the Papacy. He has consented to fix the capital of the kingdom definitively at Florence. This transfer of the seat of government will probably be very vigorously assailed by the party of opposition, but wise people will allow for the situation of the King, and will comprehend the reasons which have made him act as he has done. Parliament will meet on the Ist of October, in order that the Government may obtain from it a ratification of the arrangements between the two Cabinets. The Ministry have faith in the patriotism of Italians, and they reckon on the support of a very large majority. Count Vimercati has been sent to M, Ratazzi, who is at present at Baden. Baden, to ask for the patriotic adhesion of that statesman." The hidependance says, in reference to the above : The Turin correspondent who transmitted to us he first information upon the nature and the scope of the negotiations in question, and who has just communicated to us, in terms as precise and as positive, the result those negotiations have led to, deserves the utmost confidence, and we are per- evaded that when the veil falls which still sur• rounds this diplomatic mystery, facts will prove, to a certain extent at least, the importance and the accuracy of the communications we have repro _ _ &Iced." The Opitzione of Turin is very precise. It says in its edition of the 16th—" We are informed that yesterday evening, the 15th September, the enliven- tion between the French and Italian Governments concerning the cessation of the French occupation of Rome in two years was signed in Paris. M. I)rouyn de Lhuys signed for France ; Chevelier Constantine Nigra, chief plenipotentiary, and the Marquis Pepoli, minister plenipotentiary in extra ordinary mission, signed for Italy. We are also in formed that the King's Government, with the view of communicating these stipulations to the national Parliament at the earliest period, has determined to summon the Chambers for the 4th of October." The Nord says—"lt is incontestible that the mission of MM. Menabrea and Pepoli to the Empe. ror of the French has had some result, and that the Roman question has just made a great step towards its solution, despite the contradictory assertions of the semi-official papers. Oar own information con firms the fact of the convention concluded between. the Governments of France and Italy, the delay of two years as the extreme term of the occupation of Rome by the French troops, and, finally, the en gagement entered into by the Turin Cabinet to make the Pontifical frontiers respected." The Temps refers to the treaty in the same con fident terms. It says—" It is impossible any longer to doubt that the Roman question is at last ap proaching the solution which it has so long claimed, and which principles claimed for it. It was essential that the occupation of Rome, "ou nous sommes sans droll," should cease some day or other, and it appears that the time is hence forth fixed, and that a delay of two years has been or is to be signified to the Pontifical government. The semi-official press at Paris maintains at present great reserve. But the affirmations of the Turin dered the wisest of mankind. I have ventured to place be- fore you the condition of the three classes of the agricul tural world, and I think that we may all of us look with some interest on our position. As far as this country is concerned, I am willing to admit that there has been some improvement in the condition of the labouring class ; but I do not want it to be supposed that I am making any critical remarks on the conduct cf the landlords or the tenants. I am sensible that as much fault lies with the labouring class themselves ; and it is for this reason that I intend, with the permission of the committee, to offer a prize of £5 for the cottage that is kept in the best condition. I think it has been said before, to show the uselessness of such prizes, that what we want is new cottages, and not rewards for keeping old ones in good order. I think that criticism is quite superfluous. What we want is to bring the attention of the people themselves to the subject. Now, although it is humiliating to confess, yet I do confess, that cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct ; they are matters of education, and, like most great things—mathematics and classics—you must cultivate a taste for them. People, from neglect and being left alone, will wallow in the mire, like brutes and beasts, and not complain of the condition in which they aro placed. If you offer a prize you awake the attention of the community to the subject. They try to obtain a prize, and although only:one man obtains a prize, in the research and pursuit of the prize they discover such sources of delight and such new causes of happiness and content that you educate them to that cleanliness and order which you want to instil into their minds. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, I am of opinion that a prize of that kind, if I am permitted to offer it, will not be fruitless. (Ilear.) 1 thank you, gentlemen, on the part of myself and my col. leagues, for the kindness with which our names have been received. In making these remarks on the general condi tion of the agricultural interest I think it is one to which we may generally look with satisfaction and content, but at the same time with an increased sense of our duties, both as proprietors and occupiers, and a conviction that in proving the condition of the labouring classes engaged in agriculture we are, in fact, increasing the sources of our own wealth, and confirming the sources of our own hap piness. The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid loud and prolonged cheering. The toast was also responded to by Mr BERNARD arid Mr SMITH, and several other toasts were afterwards given aed acknowledged. journals have become too emphatic to leave room for the slightest doubt. It is probable that other clauses accompany and complete the stipulation of the delay of two years; bat it would be idle to comment upon the indiscretions of the Italian press, as we shall very soon know—at the latest in the early part of the next month—the tenor of the conventions de. Bided between the governments of F.rance . and Few people, even among the most impatient, will be surprised by the concessions which may have been introduced into the convention for the purpose of preparing and mitigating an inevitable denou ment. On the other hand, the friends of the Holy See ought, if wise, to rejoice the first at the end of a state of things which was in no way profitable to their cause. It ought to be obvious to el erybody that, though the French occupation of Rome has suspended the natural course of things, it has con solidated nothing, and to say the truth, has even restored nothing. The Holy See, including its tem. poral rule, is a moral power which can only be sus• tained by a purely moral prestige, The material assistance so long afforded to it, far from having been favourable, has injured it, for it has sown the seeds of schism in Italy, and withdrawn from its moral power all the transitory security it gave to its political authority. The hour has come for the Holy See to transform itself if it can, but it is clear that circumstances are much less propitious than at the accession of Pius IX." The Presse says If it is true that France nu• dertakes to recal its troops from Rome in a fixed time, the Italian question advances towards a going tion, while taking new ground. In our opinion this engagement amounts to the abdication of the Italian pretensions to Rome ; Italy henceforth cons centrates her efforts upon Venice, and, above all, she endeavours to find a provisional capital, She may transfer the seat of her government to Florence, but the provisional so soon becomes the definitive." The Debats is of opinion that the Italian Govern ment will do well to transfer the capital to Florence, if only for military reasons. It says :—By estab lishing himself in Florence the King of Italy allows nothing to peep out as to what he hopes or does not hope with regard to Rome; but he clearly shows his thoughts with regard to 'Venice and Austria. Against an army issuing from the famous quadri lateral, nothing defends, nothing can defend, the plain of Lombardy and the access to Turin—no thing, unless it be a victory obtained in the open field. Turin is so situated that, in case of war, a battle must always be fought to save it, even if fought on disadvantageous conditions. The eoun• cillors of the King of Italy no doubt thought that, in the ambiguous state in which Europe is placed, when every spring for the last four years has been like a sword of Damocles suspended over the head of the most pacific nations, is was not wise to rest content with such an exposed capital. Fl orence protected against an army invading Lombardy, not only by distance but by the line of the Po, by the citadels of Alessandria, Piacenza, Ferrara, the Apennines ; Florence besides possessing every. thing which constitutes the charm of life in a capital, and everything which can symbolise the majesty of a great kingdom; Florence would offer striking advantages of situation to such Italians as the future disturbs, and who, right or wrong, fore see coming days when they may be comp e ll e d to struggle anew for their independen ce . This is enough to explain the long conceived project of placing, at all events provisionally, the seat of the Italian Government in Florence. If this project be will be a sufficie n t precaution on the partofti e t ltalians, which doubtless ought not to executed, excite any particular alarm among us for the main• tenance of peace, but which nevertheless will re mind us of the precarious state of Europe, and of the many combinations which may result, and which are certainly less probable than the Franco. Italian treaty that Italy is at this moment ardently discussing." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1864. r 10 PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RtSIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GENERALLY — To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 07, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. 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Harrison's Staring Tom, 5 yrs (Mr Ward) 2 Mr Churchman's Sharpshooter, 6 yrs (Mr Bevill) 3 Mr Collins's Vengeance (h b) aged ..(Mr Pollard) 4 Betting—Even on Sharpshooter, who made play for half a mile, when The Rogue went ahead, but ran out, and lost at least 150 yards, but being persevered with he caught his horses at the top of the hill, and, sailing away home, won by three lengths; two lengths separated the second and third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. For the Great Eastern Handicap several horses were in troduced at the prices quoted, but only to small sums. For the Cesarewitcb, Suspicion and Gratitude were in most re quest, the latter having been backed to win a large sum at 20 to 1. 25 to 1 was offered on the field for the Cam bridgeshire, and taken a few times about Baldwin. Closing prices : GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY HANDICAP. 25 to 1 agst Gemma (taken) •25 to 1 aget Biondella (taken) 25 to 1 agst Vivid (taken) 25 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 25 to 1 agst Peignoir (taken) 25 to 1 aget Pupil (taken) CESAREWITCIt. 15 to 1 agst Suspicion (taken) 20 to 1 aget Gratitude (taksfreely) 25 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken). 100 to 3 aget Thalestris (taken) 40 to 1 agst Battaglia (taken) 100 to 1 agst Baldwin (taken) 100 to 1 aget The Brewer (taken) CAMBRIDG ES HIRE. 25 to 1 agst Baldwin (taken) 100 to 3 agst Brick (taken) Mr. Disraeli on Agricultural Topics. AYLESBURY, Wednesday. The annual meeting of the Royal and Central Bucks Agricultural Association took place this day. The show generally gave great satisfaction, and the attendance of visitors was numerous. The dinner at the George Hotel was presided over by Mr Acton Tindall, and among the guests were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Mr T. T. Bernard, M.P., Mr S. G. Smith, M.P., Sir A. Rothschild, Mr N. M. de Rothschild, Mr 3..Ha11, the Rev. Dr Booth, the Rev. Mr Fremantle, Mr G. Stone, Mr Denney, Mr Tredwell, and numerous other gentlemen connected with the district. The health of "The Queen, the Princo and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family " having been given, and drunk with the usual honours, The CHAIM 6.N proposed "The Array, Navy, and Volun teers," expressing his satisfaction that all political parties were desirous, if possible, of preserving peace. (Cheers.) Lieutenant FREMANTLE, on behalf of the Volunteers, briefly acknowledged the compliment. " The Health of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" was responded to by the Rev. Dr BOOTH.. Mr DIUNCY proposed " The County and Borough Mem bers," with three times three and one cheer more. Mr DISRAELI, on rising to res pond to the toast, said, —Mr Chairman and Gentlem en,— l wish very much that my colleagues were present to express on their part, better than I can, their sense of the very kind manner in which you have received the propositions of their healths. I am sure I only speak their feelings when I say that the position which we occupy , through your confidence, is one which may well satisfy the highest ambition of any Eng lish gentleman, and to be received with those expressions of good feeling by those among whom we live, and who must be tolerably well acquainted with our cha racter and conduct, is a reward which I and they fully appreciate. (Cheers.) I always took a great interest in these annual meetings of the Royal Buckingham Agricul tural Association, I was present at its first dinner—l will not say that I hope to be at its last—(a laugh) ; bat cer tainly as long as I can attend I shall be happy to do so. It is a very long time since we first met together—more than 30 years—and at that time, and for some time afterwards, there was a very sharp criticism respecting these associa tions. For myself, I never doubted that the principle upon which they were founded was a sound principle, and, throw ing aside all other considerations, if their only effect were to bring together the various classes of agriculturists, that alone would be a very great benefit. But, gentlemen, since these agricultural associations were first instituted, which are now spread over the whole country, the very critics we met have followed our example; but with respect to their exhibition of manufacturing skill and manufacturing inge nuity, I shall never offer the criticisms which they have made upon us. (Hear.) I very much admire those exhibi tions. I think they have done a great deal for the country, and I am glad that those who were violently opposed to us have followed our example. In fact, any means by which the great body of this increasing population can be more conveniently brought together must be for the public ad vantage. I view with equal satisfaction the philosophical and archeaological associations which at this time of the year are rambling all over the country. I believe their effect is very beneficial. lam also favourably disposed to excursion trains and harvest homes. I think all these things show that the sort of shy and silent character which during the last century and at the commencement of the present seemed to be the characteristic of Englishmen is not really so, but that we are fast returning to what was the original character of Englishmen. England in the olden days was called " Merrie England," instead of that somewhat sulky England which in the days of our boyhood we recollect. I think all these means by which different classes are brought together, and new objects of interest and new sources of interest are open to them have a beneficial effect on the general temper and condition of the country. (Hear.) I can 'upon this occasion congratulate you upon an event which, upon the whole, is the most important that can occur in a country—that is the harvest. (Hear.) I congratulate you that you not only have a good harvest, but a very good harvest. My opinion is, from all I can learn, and from some thing which I have observed, that it is a capital harvest, and that the general result of the harvest has never been done justice to by the press , and, for some reason or other, there was an apparent attempt to persuade the people that nature and Providence had not been so bountiful to them as they ought to have been. As far as the country generally is con cerned, I believe the harvest to be of a very high character. I have reason to believe that of all the counties of England, there is no county in which the harvest is mere complete and prosperous than in the county of Buckingham. I have seen in several districts of the county crops which ate not by any means inferior to those of last year. It is true that the root crops have not been so successful. You cannot ex pect that everything should be so successful. Some of the succulent, m a a y g o n o o t be harvestabl . e to reallyproduce is. those it is causes which occasioned the grain crops to be exuberant a nd plentiful acted against the root crops, but even the root crops are not so bad as many supposed them to be, after colossal globes that sometimes obtain .. prizes at agricultural all. and I believe you will find it a very great. favourite with the stock. But, gentlemen, I w d ant to impress upon you It is possible you shows, but you have a very juicy root, very very expedient that the country shouldf contemplate what is the effect upon its fortunes oa . the difference between' , a good and a bad harvest. A ad harvest is, in fact, what an important event a substraction from t h e national wealth, which perhaps may be equal to the whole amount of tho se go ld mines of which we have o f late heard BO much. B ut it is more than that, because it is a loss which must be repaired and that is to be repaired. It can only be repai re d b y our sending out an equal amount of gold in order to obtain those means of supporting the people which are wanting. I should like to ask any gentleman here —and th ere are many who are compete nt fully to consider the question— what would have been the effect upon England if this year there had been gold drains and you had b een obliged to send out £20,000, 000 o f gold in order to import sustenance for the people of this country. Why, it is difficult to cal culate the injurious consequences which must have followed. The country is said to be—and I doubt not it is—in a state of great prosperity. The profits of trade have been very great now for a series of years, and I am not at all inciined to be one of those alarmists who always prevail, and when there is a state of great prosperity are al ways preparing you for a condition of affairs very different. But every i mpar ti a l man who clearly observes what is taking place in this coun try cannot withstand the conviction that the commitments of the country are too great, and that we have entered into engagements which it is difficult to fulfil. (Hear.) Well, a good harvest has not only put money into your pockets, has not only enriched an important class, but has averted the ill consequences of an extreme state of excitement and speculation, and probably, if it has not entirely saved us from the injurious consequences of such a condition, it has postponed their occurrence, and by postp on i ng th e i r occur rence has given the opportunity of having recourse to more prudential arrangements which may mitigate these ill con sequences. (Hear, hear.) Gentl emen, I hardly like to dwell upon this topic, altho u g h it is one which really indi rectly concerns us as well as all other classes. I am willing to believe that the prosperity of this country, which has been so striking, although it may receive some temporary sources of diminution, is founded on sound principles, and that on the whole we may not find the collapse of which some persons are afraid. But, assuming that the country is in that state of great prosperity, I would for a moment o MidOr wilat ill the general 09Aditim of tlieri9 Chinfigi With which we are particularly connected—l mean the agricul tural interest, on all its various classes of proprietors and cultivators of the soil, and of the labouring cl ,sses connected with it. Gentlemen, I am not disposed to think, although we hear of the great fortunes which arc made by corns, and the great prospects of prosperity which are open to others, that on the whole we have no great cause of com plaint. It is very true that a proprietor of the land does not get 20 per cent. for his money, (Laughter, and hear, hear.) In that remark I am sure every one present will agree. (A Voice--We should be sati tied with five.) I don't know that any ono has ever indulged the dream of getting 190, which I observed the other day was announced to have been distributed as a dividend by a society of apparently great eminence and promise. (Laughter.) It was said in days of old that if a man invested his property in land he ought to be satsficd with obtaining as good an interest as it he invested it in Consols, I doubt very much whether any landed proprietor can accomplish that. Doubtless, if a roan buys a single farm he may by geod fortune obtain a good return. But a man who has a large estate does not obtain a large return, and he does not seek to obtain it, be cause he is remunerated in a different manner and by dif ferent means. He is the possessor of p ro p er ty which by the constitution of this country is invested with the perform ance of public duties, and does not look for those returns which other sources of investment provide. But although a landed proprietor may not obtain the greater return which proprietors of other capital obtain, he must remember this, that he possesses a property which has this peculiarity— that it is always increasing in value, and that its increase o f value does not really depend upon the rate of interest it produces. 'This is kvery remarkable, but undeniable cir • cumstance. (Hear, hear.) In a country of advancing prosperity, increasing population, and increasing wealth the landowner possesses a property of which there is only a limited portion, and however slight may be the return which he obtains for the investment, still, from the popu larity of the property, from the manner in which our social system has invested it with the performance of public du ties, and the consequent respect and honour, it is a pro perty always hacreasing in value ; and if that be so, the owner of such property has no right to complain. Let us look for a moment to the condition of the occupancy of soil. It is said that the farmers are never content, Well, I have lived a good deal among farmers. They are my best friends, They are very content with me, and I cannot agree to that position. But it is said that the farmer pursues a calling subject to great vicissitudes. Now, the vicissitudes of nature must be viewed on a very great scale. You must not decide by the experience of one or two years, and it has always been my opinion that there is a profundity in the I dispensations of Providence which we cannot always solve, and I do not believe that those vicissitudes of which we sometimes complain may not produce effects of a very bene cial character, But this I would impress upon the farmer, that although he in his calling is subject to the vicissitudes of climate, he is not subject to vicissitudes of another cha racter—namely, that of fashion. The farmer follows a call ing which never becomes obsolete. He may cultivate the soil which his father cultivated before him, and if he likes he knows his son may follow him in the same calling. (A. Voice—Not always.) Whereas it is a fact that of all " flashy businesses" we hear of, wholesale or retail, who advertise their goods and their pursuits, and who are said to be realising large profits and great fortunes, none of these businesses are of a permanent character. You would be quite surprised if you had had, as I have had, the duty to ir quire into the average duration of many of these pr os perous businesses, which while they flourish fill the ear of the public—you will be surprised to learn how slight is their duration, Tweleve or 13 years is the average duration of those businesses, which, when I hear of the rapid for tunes they are making, I naturally connect it with some period which applies to our own calling, which has existed for generations. The farmer must remember that it is his peculiar privilege to follow a calling that never goes out of fashion, and that if in businesses that are followed by more rapid results where a man turns his capital five or six times a year, the farmer only turns his once. The farmer may, in one respect, be compared to public singers. We hear of public singers being paid large sums every night, but they sing for only a short time, and the farmer should recollect that he is pursuing a calling which, as I have before said, never goes out of fashion, and that is an element of great happiness to a man, and gives him great confidence. The farmer must not only remember that, but he must remember this also, that the objects which he produces have increased in variety and in number, and he therefore has new sources of profit, and will have, no doubt, still further sources of profit, There is another point on which, from what I have seen to day. I cannot help touching, and that is a production which of late has very much interested farmers, and that is wool. That now is one of the most important features in our agri cultural life, and is a Bourse of very great profit to those who cultivate the soil. I cannot help being surprised that in this county, especially in South Bucks, with which I am more intimately acquainted, our fiockmasters continue only to breed flocks which produce short wool. The great prizes are given for long wool, and I cannot understand why we continue to produce merely short wool in the county of Buckingham should suppose it would_have been easy to cross with some of the Glocestershire and Leicestershire breed, and to produce a very choice long wool, with some of the advantageous characteristics of all this short wool, and when I look to the relative prices of long and short wool, I am surprised that we still go on adhering to the system of merely breeding downs and producing short wool, I men tioned this fact to a friend of mine, a neighbour, who has a considerable flock. He perfectly agreed with me, and thought we ought to cross the Downs with the Cotswold. But he said "the great price of wool has been occasioned entirely by the American war, and I have just read in the newspapers that there is going to be peace." He asked my advice on the subject. Now, I don't like giving advice, because it is an un necessary responsibility under any circumstances—(laugh ter), but I could not help saying that I did not entirely agree with him that the high price of wool was mainly occasioned by the civil war in America. The tendency of late has been that all articles of raw material, particularly wool, have been rising in price, and when I look at th e f ac t th at mixed fabrics, that make the industry of Yorkshire, are be_ coming more popular in the market, it is clear that wool is an article of raw produce for which there is a greater de mand, and if there had been no civil war you would have had a high price for wool, and it would have been the best wool. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the civil war in America I would rather not say muc h . B ut when i t b ro k e out I was dining at a tabl e o f a s i m il ar c h aracter— l thi n k in Buckingham. Great anxiety was manifested to know what would happen in America, and I took the opportunity of saying—being obliged to give my opinion, that.that war would be a very long war. The general idea was that it would be a very short war, and the American Minister of State announced it a war of 90 days. I ventured to say that it would be a long war, because the causes of that war had been for a long time in preparation. I therefore did not believe that it would be a short war, and the causes of that war are causes that do not lead to short wars. The eman cipation of race, the creation or the defence of national in dependence, or the maintenance of a great empire —when causes of this kind lead people to enter into war they must not be confounded with those comparatively small causes which have brought about the generality of European wars in modern times. (Hear, hear.) When nations go to war to what they call rectify a frontier, or employ a army, these are causes necessarily of a brief duration,bocause their fron tier is rectified or not, and the army which wants to be em ployed has either a sufficient number shot or promoted,and peace naturally takes place. But the issues in the American war are vast and profound, and it is not to be supposed when men enter into struggles of that kind, they will throw them asidelike children tired of anew toy. I, therefore, have great hesitation in believing—l cannot bring myself to believe that we aro so near peace in America as is sup posed. The fact is that there are occasions when the des tinies of nations demand wars, when war is the only solu tion of difficulties which perplex the ordinary means of human wit, and the struggle in America is a war of this kind. I do not look upon the peace demonstrations that w e have:read in the newspapers, although some have accepted them as proofs that we are nearer a settlement, as anything than mere electioneering devices, and therefore, to bring the point to a practical issue, the result of my speculation is that I shall eross my Downs with Cotswolds, and I do think that it is a deficiency on the part of the farmers of Bucks — although I trust that I shall not be offending some of my constituents —in adhering so closely to the old system of merely breeding Downs. There is another class of agricul ture on which I should like to say a few words, and I will tell you my views on the subject, and that is with respect to the condition of the labourer. I think the condition of the agricultural labourer is one which requires and deserves great public consi deration. I am not entering at all into the question of the remuneration which he receives. The wages of the agricultural labourer, like every other class of la bourers, are totally indep en dent of legislation. The more we interfere on such subjects, the more injury we should do them. But it is a subject of congratulation to us that there is in the county of Buckingham and has been for many years past a tendency to an increase of the wages of the agri . cultural labourer, (Hear.) I should say this is the case generally throughout the country, but it is so most decidedly in South Buckinghamshire. But although we do not wish to interfere with the wages of the agricultural labourer, there is a portion. of his life which requires our attention, and that is the habitation which he occupies. This is not the first time by many that I have ventured to refer to the subject, and a year or two ago, when I announced that we had no thatched cottages in South ,Buckinghamshire, one of my best friends thought I was casting some reflection on North Buckinghamshire, and vindicated thatched cottages. I consider it of the utmost importance that agricultural labourers should be well housed. (Hear.) In my opinion, it is more important than a question of food or raiment. I believe we all eat quite enough and many of us drink a got deal to midi, but this I will veuture to say, that SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, RICHMOND (YORKSHIRE) RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Wright Stakes of 7 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; colts Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; allowances ; win ners extra; second to receive 10 sovs. One and a half miles. 22 subs. Mr Mackenzie's Oppressor, 9A 41b (in 81b ex) .. (Doyle) 1 Mr F. Watt's Olmar, 9st 111 b (in 51b ex) .. (J. Snowden) 2 Lord Zetland's St. Magnus, B st 131 b (Carroll 3 Mr Jackson's Jupiter, B st 7 113 .. (Whiteley) ) 4 Mr Elliott's Portrick, B st 101 b .... Mr Mackenzie's Guimauve, B st 71 b Mr J. Osborne's King Alfred, Bst 101 b .... (J. Osborne) 7 Betting-5 to 4on Oppressor, 7to 2 agst Olmar, 4to 1 agst Jupiter, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length—a length between second and third—a head between third and fourth. The Burton Handicap of 7 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 if declared with 50 added ; second to receive 10 sovs ; winners extra. One mile and a half. 22 subs. 11 declared. Mr Bowes's Early Purl, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (in. 71b extra) (Loates) 1 Mr T. Masterman's Honest John, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (G. Noble) 2 Lord Zetland's Bandarilla, 3 yrs, 7st 81b Mr Temperley's Alice, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Challoner) 4 Lord Poulett's Ace of Hearts, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (J.Marson) 5 Betting-7 to 4on Early Purl, sto 4 agst Bandarilla, 3 to 1 eget Alice. Won by half a length ; a length between second and third ; a bad fourth. The Belsay Castle Nursery Handicap of 100 sovs, for two• yr-olds ; winners extra. Grey Stone in, Mr F. Masterman's Lozenge, 7st 71b (G. Noble) 1 Mr Chirnside's Sister to Lady Augusta, 7st Loa 61b (J. tes) 2 Mr H. Robinson's Rondoletia, 7st (Carroll) 3 Mr J. Watson's Nothing More, Bst 101 b.... (Challoner) 4 The following also ran :—Paraffin, Risk, Club Queen, Little Minister, and Bon Chance. Betting-5 to 4on Sister to Lady Augusta, '5 to 1 each agst Club Queen and Lozenge, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length ; two lengths between second and third ; the same between third and fourth. The Richmond Volunteer Rifle Corps Plate of 30 goys, for all ages; penalties; selling and other allowances. Grey Stone in. Mr J. Osborne's Nelly Gray, (h. ',b.) 2 yrs, Gst 71b (Carroll) 1 Mr Winteringham's Wingemunde, 2 yrs, Get 71b (Cameron) 2 Lord Vivian's Busy Bee, 2 yrs, Gat 71b (Crenshaw) 3 Mr J. Wheatley's liatemski, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (Shields) 4 Mr Yerward's Tabitha Bramble, 2 vs, Est 71b (Lawrence) 5 Mr T. Dawson's Serf, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Gerry) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Busy Bee, 9to 2 agst Nelly Gray, 6 to 1 each agst Tabitha Bramble and Serf, 10 to 1 agst any othe'r. Won by a length; two lengths between sco3nd and third; a bad fourth. Serf did not pass the past, The winner was not sold. The Zetland Plate (Handicap) of 60 sovs, for all ages; winners extra. Five furlongs. MI Smith's Lion, 2 yrs, Gst 51b v (Cranshaw) 1 Mr Sidney's Chicquot the Jester, 3 yrs, 6at 121 b (Carroll) 2 Mr Fobert's Wisdom, 3 yrF, Est 121 b (J. Marson) 3 Mr Osborne's Lyra, 3 yrs, 7 8 t 71 b The following also ran :—Lady Louisa, Theobalda, Harry Brailsford, dam by Fernhill colt, and Sister to Lady Augusta. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Lady Louisa and Chicquot the Jester, sto 1 agst Lion, 6 to 1 agst Sister to Lady Augusta. Won by two lengths ; a length between second and third; the same between third and fourth. CANTERBURY RACES—WEDNESDSY. A. Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added, winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 11 subs. Mr J. Graham's Rosa, 3 yrs, 6st lib .. (Elphick) 1 Mr Burbidge's Baliverne, 5 yrs, 7st 10lb (Clarke) 2 Mr G. Egerton's Mother Bunch, 3 yrs, 7st (car Tat 71b) (Jas, Nightingall) 3 The following also ran :---Microscope, Confusion, Atlas, Physician, Rapture, Lady Warwick, Budwortb, Diploma, and Fleetwood. Betting-3 to 1 agat Baliverne, 4to 1 agst Mother Bunch, 6 to 1 agat Rapture, 8 to 1 each agst Rosa Lee and Bud- worth. The favourite made play, attended by Confusion and Rapture to the top of the hill, where Rapture died away and Rosa D3e went to the front, carried on the running to the end, and won by a length and a half; two lengths separated second and third, Physician was fourth, Budworth fifth, and Fleetwood last. The Welter Cup (Handicap), value 50 sovs, by sub 3crip tion of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; gentlemen riders ; winners and professionals extra. Mile and a half. 14 subs. Mr Hudson's Warwick, 3 yrs, lOst 81b (inc 71b extra) (Jno. Nightingall) 1 Mr W. E. Jones's Zeloo, 4 yrs, lOst 12113.... (Mr Bevill) 2 Mr E. Egerton's Roseneath, 3 yrs, lOst 71b (inc 61b ex) (Mr H. Wombwell) 3 Real Jam and Fletton also ran. Betting—Even on Zeloo, 4 to 1 each agst Fletton and Roseneath, 5 to 1 each agst Warwick and Real Jam. After one "no go" the flag fell to an even start, but after going a short distance Real Jam went to the front with Zeloo and Fletton in pursuit, Warwick being last; at the three-quarter mile turn the four leading horses took the wrong course, and John Nightingall taking advantage of their mistake, got Warwick to the front, with a command ing lead, but as he topped the hill for home Zeloo made up his leeway, and from the distance a fine race ensued between the pair, Warwick winning by a short head ; Roseneath a bad third, and Fletton fourth. A Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added ; weight for age, with selling and ether allowances. Half a mile. 6 subs. Mr H. Wright's Princess Dagrasr, 2 yrs, 6st 6112.(£30) Mr R. Poulson's Frolic filly, 2 yrs, Gst Glb ( L 3 ) Anson) 1 (J. Smith) 2 Mr England's Michel Grove, 5 yrs, Eist 11W (S3O) _ (Z snker) 3 Lady Nichol also ran. Betting--7 to 4on Princess Dagrnar, 2to 1 agst Lady Nichol, 10 to 1 bar two. The start was delayed some time by the eagerness of James Nightingall to get off, and when the flag fell he was left at the post. The Frolic filly took the lead and held it into the dip, where the favourite came to the front, carried on the running to the finish, and won easily by a length and a half. Michel Grove was a bad third. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas, and Michel Grove was bought by G. Milne for 22 guineas. A. Handicap Plate of 40 sovs the winner to be sold for £lO, One mile. Mr Burbidge's Baliverne, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ~(D. Hughes) 1 Mr J. Graham's Rosa Lee, 3 yrs, 7st (Elphick) 2 Mr Harley's Budworth, 4 yrs, Bst (Prior) 3 Lady Wilson also ran, Betting-6 to 4on Rosa Lee, Zi to 1 agsl Baliverne, sto 1 bar two. Baliverne made play into tho dip, where Rosa Lee went up and deprived her of the lead, which she held half way up the distance, but the old mare running longest won on the post by a head—Budworth a bad third. The winner was bought in for 75 guineas. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds,:Bst 71b ; four, 9st 71b ; five and upwards, 9st 121 b. Two miles. Lord St Vincent's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Hibberd) 1 Mr Breary's Telscombe, 3 yrs, Bst 71b .... (R. I'Anson) 2 Mr Saltmarsh's Confusion, aged, 9st 121 b ....(Comory) 3 Mr T. Hughes's Real Jam, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (D. Hughes) 4 Mr Walker's Bombay, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Harris) 5 Betting-10 to 1 on East Lancashire. COUNPiSoiI 13040 play, followed by Telsonib9 and But THE MURDER OF DIR. BRIGGS. It has been decided that the prisoner Muller shall be pre sent on Monday morning next, at the adjourned coroner's inquest. Mr Humphreys forwarded an application to Sir George Grey, to the effect that it was desirable Muller should be brought up before the jury, in order that his iden tity might be established to their satisfaction. This applie cation being remitted to Sir Richard Mayne, the Chief Commissioner, after consulting the detective inspectors who have charge of the case, reported his approval of the recom mendation to Sir G. Grey, who issued the necessary order. The prisoner will be taken direct from the Town Hall, Hackney, where the inquest is sitting, to the Bew-street Police-court, where the magisterial examination will be re sumed. After his examination at Bow-street on Monday last, when removed to the cell, Muller inveighed bitterly against the evidence which had been given by Matthews respecting the hat which was found in the railway carriage. The prisoner stigmatised the evidence given about this hat as false, saying there was not one word of truth in it; that Matthews knew he (Muller) had worn out the hat bought for him at Walker's long ago, and that the rim on one side was broken ; that the evidence had been given out of spite because he (Muller) had threatened to give a relation of Matthews's into custody for theft some time ago. Concern ing the identification of the hat found in Muller's trunk on board the Victoria, and which is supposed to have belonged to the murdered gentleman, some further evidence is likely to be forthcoming. One of the shopmen of Mr Digance, the hatter, has, it appears, a distinct remembrance of selling the hat to Mr Briggs, who, at the time, because it did not fit him, had a peculiar alteration made in the lining, which the shopman can identify. It was, more• over, a practice in the shop to mark on the inner side of the leather lining the date when the article was pur chased, which may afford an additional clue. The follow ing is a copy of the letter which was handed to Muller in New York by an agent of the " Society for the Legal Pro tection of Germans in London •" New York, Aug., 1864. Mr Francis Muilia, on board the Victoria —I have been instructed by the Hon. Secretary of the Society for the Legal Protection of Germans inLondon, to communicate to you that the said society hsve taken your case into their han&, and have appointed Mr Thomas Beard, solicitor, of No. 19, Basinghall-street, in London, to act in your behalf, You may address yourself, as soon as you arrive in Eng land, to the President of the above-named society, Mr M. D. Luker, of No. 2, 'rower Royal, Cannon-street, London, E.C. In the meantime , it may be advisable for you not to make any communication w hatever to the authorities or to private individuals, witho ut previous advice of a solicitor. Up to my latest advices from London, the German Society still consider you to be i n nocent of the clime y(,u are ac cused of, and have resolved, in case no further advices should alter their opinion, to save . no trouble or expense to prove your being not guilty, it this ie the case. 49.1.)0LF, crAN6. iy other The Orford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. During this week will be performed, Selections from the following. Operas, viz., THE TROVATORE, NABUCO, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi; and THE TWO GENTLE SIEN OF VERONA, by Sir H. I ishop. Principal Artistes:—Misses Russell, Tyrrtl I, Walmsley, Fitz-Henry, and Barrie ; Messrs. Marini, Hush, Green, M +rcello, and Albert. Comedy by UNSWORTII, EUGENE, W. Randall, C. Burton, and Mdlle. Cavalho, the celebrated Comedienne and Mimic. Admission Area, 6d. ; stalls and balc o ny, I s. ; pr i vate boxes, Ios. 6d.